Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar - Wikipedia
The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) is an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II -era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to …
The Story Of Fairchild's Twin-Boom C-119 'Flying Boxcar' …
2024年3月4日 · Converted C-119 gunships provided effective close ground support in the Vietnam War. The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar was a twin-boom twin-tail military transport plane designed and developed by Fairchild Aircraft.
Fairchild C-119J Flying Boxcar - National Museum of the USAF
This C-119J Flying Boxcar made the world’s first mid-air recovery of an object returning from space. In August 1960, it caught the Discoverer XIV satellite using recovery gear lowered from the open rear door.
C-119G Flying Boxcar – Air Mobility Command Museum
The C-119 Flying Boxcar, developed from the Fairchild C-82 Packet, was a twin-engine, twin-boom, twin-tail transport designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute (utilizing its “clamshell” cargo doors at the rear of the cabin).
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar - Aero Corner
C-119 Flying Boxcar features a powerful engine and a stronger and wider airframe. Its first prototype, known as XC-82B, first blew last November 1947, which contain deliveries of the C-199Bs from the factory of Fairchild’s Hagerstown, Maryland, started on December 1942.
C-119C Flying Boxcar - Museum of Aviation
The C-119 was designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute. The first C-119 made its initial flight in November 1947, and by the time production ceased in 1955, more than 1,100 C-119s had been built.
How Did The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar Improve On The C-82?
2024年4月20日 · The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar was a military transport aircraft designed to carry cargo, merchandise, and troops. Its design was derived from the Fairchild C-82 Packet, a World War II-era transport aircraft.
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar - Warbird Alley
It was in Vietnam that the lowly troop-carrying C-119 took on various tactical, offensive roles which its designers never could have foreseen. In its AC-119G "Shadow" variant, it was fitted with four six-barrel 7.62-mm mini-guns, armor plating, flare …
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar - The Aviation Zone
The C-119 Flying Boxcar, developed from the Fairchild C-82 Packet, was a twin-engine, twin-boom, twin-tail transport designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute …
Fairchild C-119: The “Flying Boxcar” - Jets ’n’ Props
2023年2月15日 · The Fairchild C-119, nicknamed “Flying boxcar” for its simple and capacious interior, has entered the history of aviation as one of the most versatile transport aircraft.
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